Jonas, the protagonist of Lois Lowry’s “The Giver”, is a hero. For example, after lengthy discussion with the Giver, he decided to leave the community to “find the Elsewhere that they were both sure existed. They knew it would be a very difficult journey.” (Lowry, 158). Jonas rejected an easy life where he would be provided for and ran away from his community to give them back their memories. He hoped that it would give them wisdom and return the things that he believed the community shouldn’t have chosen to let go of. In addition, after finding out that the newchild Gabriel was to be released, “he had stolen his father’s bicycle… it was necessary because it had the child seat attached to the back. And he had taken Gabriel, too.” (Lowry, 166).
